Coldplay Announces Release Date for 'Ghost Stories,' Drops New Single 'Magic': Listen | Billboard Coldplay Announces Release Date for 'Ghost Stories,' Drops New Single 'Magic': Listen COMMENTS Coldplay has quietly unveiled “Magic,” the first single from their anticipated new album "Ghost Stories." The album, the British band’s sixth, will arrive May 19 via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. Fans who pre-order "Ghost Stories" will receive an instant download of the new single, which can be streamed at youtube.com/coldplay . News of Coldplay’s new album release comes a week after the outfit dropped the atmospheric track "Midnight" -- and its trippy clip. "Magic," like "Midnight," is a more introspective production which veers well away from the radio-geared, stadium-rock works which helped make Coldplay a household name.

"Ghost Stories" is the Chris Martin-fronted group’s first album since 2011's "Mylo Xyloto." In August of last year, the band released "Atlas" from the soundtrack of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." A deluxe edition of the "Ghost Stories" CD, featuring three bonus tracks, is available exclusively from Target at target.com/coldplay . Coldplay will support the album with a headline slot on the opening night of the inaugural US iTunes Festival at SXSW on March 11 . The performance will be streamed live and on-demand worldwide for free via the iTunes Store. Track-Listing for "Ghost Stories": 1. Always In My Head 2. Magic Coldplay Announces 'Ghost Stories' Release Date | Hollywood Reporter The British band's sixth album, and first for Parlophone/Atlantic, will arrive May 19. Coldplay has quietly unveiled "Magic," the first single from their anticipated new album release Ghost Stories. The album, the British band's sixth, will arrive May 19 via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. Fans who preorder Ghost Stories will receive an instant download of the new single, which can be streamed at YouTube.com/coldplay .

News of Coldplay's new album release comes a week after the outfit dropped the atmospheric track "Midnight" and its trippy clip. PHOTOS: Meet the Legendary Tour Managers of Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper and More "Magic," like "Midnight," is a more introspective production that veers well away from the radio-geared, stadium-rock works that helped make Coldplay a household name. Ghost Stories is the Chris Martin-fronted group's first album since 2011's Mylo Xyloto. In August of last year, the band released "Atlas" from the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. A deluxe edition of the Ghost Stories CD, featuring three bonus tracks, is available exclusively from Target at Target.com/coldplay . Coldplay will support the album with a headline slot on the opening night of the inaugural U.S. iTunes Festival at SXSW on March 11. The performance will be streamed live and on-demand worldwide for free via the iTunes Store. See the track listing and listen to "Magic" below: 1. Always In My Head 2.

Magic Mylo Xyloto (album) | Coldpedia, the Coldplay Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia " Major Minus " Released: 3 June 2011 Mylo Xyloto /ˈmaɪloʊ ˈzaɪlətoʊ/ is the fifth studio album by Coldplay . It was first released on 19 October 2011 by EMI, and later worldwide on 24 October. The band collaborated closely with acclaimed producer Brian Eno following their successful collaborations on Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, the band's fourth studio album. The album incorporated elements of electronic music, a trend that would continue for the band's next two albums of the 2010s. Internationally, Mylo Xyloto charted at number one in thirty-four countries. In the United Kingdom, Mylo Xyloto became Coldplay's fifth album to debut at number one, selling 208,000 units in its first week, and setting a one-week digital sales record with 83,000 copies sold.

Mylo Xyloto broke an iTunes record for digital downloads sales by selling over 500,000 digital copies in a week. The album became the group's third to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 447,000 units in the first week. It was the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011, selling 908,000 copies. As of 2013, it has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Mylo Xyloto received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics, with a score of 65/100 on Metacritic. While some found it to be overproduced, others praised its uplifting tone and new electronic sound. " Paradise " and " Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall " received a total of three Grammy Award nominations in 2012, while the album and "Charlie Brown" received two further nominations in 2013. The second single, Paradise , has recieved heavy radio play. The album debuted at the Number 1 spot on the sales charts.

Contents Edit Chris stated that he does not believe "bands should keep going past the age of 33," but later rephrased this to say that what he meant was that they must proceed "as if it's our last, because that's the only way to proceed" in December 2008, adding that he thought the band would never split. Guy, who earlier wrote that the band will "just have to start work and see how it shapes up",reported that the band would return to the studio: "We've already got lists of song ideas. We ne ver stop writing. We go into the studio with all the best laid plans then what we end up with is not what we intended. It's just exciting to wonder what will come out the speakers in a year's time. We have very exciting things lined up. It's time to take our music down different directions and really explore other avenues." In one interview, Chris Martin predicted the style of the incoming album as being less dominated by fanfare, and featuring a more "stripped-down" sound.

Studio Edit In 2008, Coldplay established a recording HQ at a disused bakery in Primrose Hill, North London, where they recorded a big part of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Part of Mylo Xyloto was also recorded on the same place, however this time they used a new studio, near the original, called The Beehive. While a few overdubs and a lot of comping were recorded at The Bakery, a lot of live recording and live takes were done on the new studio. The Beehive was described by Rik Simpson, one of the producers, as a "large room". One of the band's roadies blogged about the studio, describing it as having a "gorgeous reverb". Still about the studio he said: "Everywhere you go there's light streaming in. Even on a relatively gloomy British afternoon, it's noticeably bright inside. I can only imagine that this will be reflected in the new material." Concept Edit Mylo Xyloto is a concept album and a thematic rock opera. The album tells the story of a war against sound and colour by a supremeist government, set in the world of Silencia , an Orwellian society.

Silencia has been taken over by a supremacist government, led by Major Minus , who controls the population through media and propaganda. His aim is to take sound and colour off the streets in hope to draw away "feeders", creatures that use such energy to hunt its prey. The album follows Mylo , a "silencer", who is one of an army tasked to hunt and track down "sparkers", people who harness light and energy and use it to create sparks, comparable to graffiti in real life. He comes across Xyloto, a sparker who is the most wanted by Major Minus. Through Xyloto , Mylo discovers his sparker abilities and his affiliation with the Car Kids, a major sparker faction founded by Mylo's parents Aiko and Lela . Drummer Will Champion has noted that the album is a story of the characters "falling in love and trying to escape together", with a general theme of "love conquering all". Style and creation Edit Mylo Xyloto is a concept album, according to Chris Martin , "based on a love story with a happy ending." Two protagonists living in an oppressive, dystopian, urban environment, meet one another through a gang and fall in love.

Lyrically, the album is inspired by "old school American graffiti" and "the White Rose Movement." Martin also said that the album was influenced by HBO TV series The Wire. Coldplay had stated on several occasions, long before the release, that they wanted the album to be "more acoustic" and "more intimate" than its predecessor, 2008's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends . The band later said they got to a point where they were trying to make two records, a stripped-down album, that started to be recorded first, along with an electric one that was already being called Mylo Xyloto by the band. However they later decided to combine both albums. Will Champion explained that the band realized they couldn't focus on more than one thing at once, and songs like " Paradise " couldn't be played in an acoustic style. Chris Martin pointed another song as a reason too: "We have a song called Charlie Brown , which was the centrepiece of this other record we started first. We were playing the riff on an accordion and Guy came in one morning and said, 'I'm afraid I have to put my foot down.

I don't want to speak out of turn, but I will not allow this song to be played on an accordion - that has to go in with the Mylo bunch'. So then we thought - let's just make one album." In the end some songs composed for the acoustic album such as " Us Against the World " and " U.F.O " maintained the "stripped" approach, while others such as "Charlie Brown" changed into a new form. Songs from both records ended up on the final album, world beat elements from the predecessor Viva La Vida are present but the overall production of it became electronic influenced. The electro rock sound can be heard through the whole album, beginning with opening song " Hurts Like Heaven " which has synthesised sounds and vocals predominantly on vocoder. The next track, " Paradise ", also shows the band stepping outside of their comfort zone and going into the new electronic territory. Additionally, this song has an R&B beat style, which is also featured on " Princess Of China ". This track opens with an anxious blend of synths and guitars and then goes into an R&B type beat. The album has three short instrumentals which are included as noodling experimental electronic interjections on the record.

Album Artwork Edit Mtlo Xyloto typeface was created Chris Martin hinted at the album's title prior to release, saying it "will probably begin with an M." During interviews the band has already given many different reasons and meanings to the album's name. In some they stated that it had no meaning and that they had had the title in mind for at least two years before deciding upon it. But Martin also said it was reference to the album's characters, the boy ( Mylo ) and the girl ( Xyloto ) respectively. Another meaning suggested by the frontman was that the name was supposed to be a graffiti tag for the band, relating "xylophone" to the word "xyloto". Much of the art was done by Paris 1974. Mylo Xyloto (Non official) Fan-made font download link Edit The album was set to be released in December 2010 as a "decade-ender", but was postponed to 2011 since the album was far from finished as Coldplay concluded their Viva la Vida Tour . Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland mentioned that the album would be released in the latter year.

13:15 A fan unboxing Mylo Xyloto Vinyl Edition Full set of Mylo Xyloto (Vinyl Edition) The iTunes Store let users hear one new song from the album every day the week before until the album was released. The album was released on 24 October 2011 on CD and on vinyl. A special edition of the album that includes the CD, digital copy and LP disc along with copies of the bands studio notes, stencils, a poster, a pop up book and stickers was made available on 19 December 2011. Singles Add a photo to this gallery On 31 May, Coldplay announced that their new song " Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall " would be released on 3 June at 12 pm BST via download. The single contains elements of "I Go to Rio" written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson. On 21 June 2011, Coldplay's website announced that the band would release an iTunes exclusive digital EP containing the songs "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall", " Major Minus ", and " Moving to Mars " on 26 June.

The album's second single, " Paradise ", was released on 12 September 2011. "Paradise" has so far reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has reached the top 10 in 15 charts around the world. On 1 January 2012, it became the year's first number-one single in the UK and Coldplay's second chart-topper in their native country. The song was also the best-selling rock single of 2011 in the United Kingdom, selling 410,000 copies. " Charlie Brown " was later confirmed to be the third single from the album, and the group performed the song on 23 January 2012 on the British TV series The X Factor. On that date, it was solicited to US Triple A radio, and was solicited to US adult contemporary radio the following day. The single received a release date of 3 February in most other territories except for the United Kingdom, where the single was released 12 March 2012.

" Princess of China ", a collaboration with singer Rihanna , was solicited to US mainstream radio on 14 February 2012 as the album's fourth single. A digital release followed on 13 April in the United States and on 4 June in the United Kingdom. " Up with the Birds " was released as a limited edition 7" vinyl single for Record Store Day on 21 April 2012, backed by " U.F.O. " as its B-side. The single, the album's fifth overall, was limited to 500 copies in the UK and 1,000 copies in the US. " Hurts Like Heaven " was released as the album's sixth overall single on 27 July 2012, and was later solicited to US Triple A radio on 6 August. " Up in Flames " was released for radio airplay in Italy on 16 November 2012.

Tour Edit Main Title: Mylo Xyloto Tour The promotion for Mylo Xyloto began in June with the release of the first single and the beginning of a series of performances on some of the most important festivals around the world, including Glastonbury Festival , Lollapalooza , Fuji Rock Festival and Rock In Rio . The first time the band played live some songs from the album for a big audience was on Rock Im Park festival in Nuremberg, Germany, playing six new songs. Manager Dave Holmes said that the reason to play new songs on the festivals was to "invite people to the party" also on this he said: "...let the music do the talking, play new songs and get people talking about the fact you're playing new music." After the "festival tour", Coldplay began the proper Mylo Xyloto Tour in October 2011 with a series of rehearsal concerts in Europe, as well as a special concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, footage of which was used in the music video for " Paradise ". A full-production show began in December 2011 in the United Kingdom.

For this first leg, on the end of the 2011, the stage design incorporated graffiti made by the band and the band's artist Paris, it also had a catwalk linking the main stage to a smaller stage with an "X" shape. The tour continued into 2012 with shows in Europe, North America and Australia. Live Album Edit Main Title: Coldplay Live 2012 Coldplay Live 2012 is the collective name for the official documentation of the Mylo Xyloto Tour . The film and album were recorded over many dates over the 2011 Festival Tour and the Mylo Xyloto Tour beginning in October 2011 and ending in September 2012. The film was opened for one night only on 13 November 2012, at select cinemas around the world. The DVD and Blu-ray release of the film and the live album release occurred on 14 November 2012.

Comic Edit Main Title: Mylo Xyloto Comics On 10 July 2012 the Coldplay website announced a six-part Mylo Xyloto comic, with the first issue to be released at that week's San Diego Comic-Con International. Published by Bongo Comics, the story followed the tale of Mylo, a "silencer", who, in the words of co-writer Mark Osbourne, is a part of a "war against sound and colour". Together with Osbourne, Dylan Haggerty writes the comic (starting in the second issue) with art by Alejandro Fuentes. Critical Reception Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Mylo Xyloto has received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received a score of 65/100, based on 39 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Spin rated the record 7/10, saying that like its predecessor, "Mylo Xyloto draws from an expansive palette that makes Coldplay's first three albums sound even quainter".

The reviewer noted that "where Viva La Vida showcased Coldplay's sense of adventure, this [album] feels more eager to please". In a three-star review, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian judged the record's storyline to lack coherence, and he was skeptical of the album's purported pop influences, writing, "A lot of it just sounds like standard-issue Coldplay, replete with echoing guitars, woah-oh choruses and vocals that signify high drama by slipping into falsetto". He did praise the electronic flourishes, saying that the addition "genuinely adds a bit of freshness to a formulaic sound".Josh Eels of Rolling Stone gave the album a score of three-and-a-half stars, calling it their most ambitious effort and saying that "the choruses are bigger, the textures grander, the optimism more optimistic. It's a bear-hug record for a bear-market world." In a review for Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Maerz gave the record a "C+", interpreting it as an attempt by the group to sound less like themselves in order to reconcile their commercial success with the supposed stigma of being "as hated as a band can be".

She wrote that "it's strange to hear Martin insist that it's 'us against the world'", particularly "within the same kind of expansive, soaring guitar-pop that's so adored by the world they're supposedly bucking against". Maerz concluded, "The world doesn't seem sick of Coldplay, but maybe they're sick of themselves." Pitchfork Media gave the band their best rating yet with a 7/10, writing that the band was "successfully continuing to explore the tension of wanting to be one of the best bands in the world and having to settle for being one of the biggest." Q awarded the record a maximum score of five stars, saying, "their fifth album will, at the bare minimum, safely sustain their imperial position for a long time to come". Martin was praised for his vocals and Buckland for "riffs [that] twinkle and flare like meteor showers", as were Eno and Dravs for "spar[ing] nothing here in the way of sonic stardust".

The review concluded, "Music this uplifting, this inspirational, belongs among the stars." The Daily Telegraph‍ '​s Neil McCormick called the record "irresistible", writing that its "mood is adventurous and the sound is luxuriously colourful, Martin's hook-laden piano lines are overlaid with sparkling guitar motifs and driven along by simple, direct beats." However, Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times, in a one-and-a-half-star review, said that the record "sees the most appealingly unoriginal band of the '00s continuing on its path of least resistance by offering vague, neutral opening lines such as 'Once upon a time somebody ran away.'" Roberts was critical of Martin's lyrics, explaining, "Every touch of lyrical bitterness is followed by enough sugar to mask the taste, which might be good in the short term but isn't a recipe for long-term health." Melodic magazine's critic Johan Wippsson, in a four stars out of five review, wrote that Coldplay has "taken ideas from others and sometimes a little too clearly", but felt that they "are even this time really on their "own" as we can here in epic 'Paradise' and 'Charlie Brown'".

Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave Mylo Xyloto three-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, that it "has a leg up other Coldplay records for this simple reason: they're no longer attempting to mimic U2's portentous piety. They've embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group's insuppressible niceness." Q ranked the album as the 5th best of 2011. Commercial Performance Edit In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 122,000 copies in its first three days of sale according to The Official Charts Company. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of over 208,000 copies, giving the band their fifth number-one album and the second-biggest first-week sales of 2011 behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way. Coldplay is the third group to debut at number one with their first five albums, behind T he Beatles (11) and Oasis (7).

The downloads accounted for 83,000 units to became the first album to sell more than 80,000 digital copies in one week, a record previously held by Take That's Progress (79,800 units). In its second week on the chart, the album fell to number two selling 67,132 copies. It was the best-selling rock album in the United Kingdom, selling 908,000 copies. The album's second single, " Paradise ", was also the best-selling rock single in the UK, selling 410,000 copies. Mylo Xyloto debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 447,000 copies. In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 65,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at number one in Australia on the issue dated 31 October 2011. In its second week on the chart, the album was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies.

In Denmark, the album debuted at number two with first-week sales of 7,807 copies. The album was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 20,000 copies in its first week. As of April 2014, the album has sold 1,581,000 copies in the United States. Track listing All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. "Enoxification" and additional composition by Brian Eno .

No Andy Rugg – recording and mix assistance Matt McGinn – recording and mix assistance Matt Miller – recording and mix assistance Christian Green – recording and mix assistance Olga Fitzroy – recording and mix assistance Ryan Gilligan – recording and mix assistance Matt Green – recording and mix assistance Pierre Eiras – recording and mix assistance David Emery – recording and mix assistance Ian Sylvester – recording and mix assistance Noah Goldstein – recording and mix assistance Ian Shea – recording and mix assistance Andrew Denny – recording and mix assistance Deepu Panjwani – recording and mix assistance Nobuyuki Murakami – recording and mix assistance Hidefumi Ohbuchi – recording and mix assistance Mr Tim Crompton – recording and mix assistance Charts and certifications Coldplay live to regret calling their album Mylo Xyloto | Music | The Guardian Shortcuts Coldplay live to regret calling their album Mylo Xyloto Chris Martin says the title of Coldplay's latest album is a disaster, as it's made up of two words that can't be googled. But the band aren't the only ones to rue a poor choice of name Coldplay at this year's Brit awards, where they sadly didn't pick up an award for best album title.

Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA Share on Messenger Close Chris Martin is full of regret when it comes to Coldplay 's latest album, Mylo Xyloto . No, not the fact it's full of tedious stadium yawn-alongs, but rather that nobody can pronounce the damn title . Martin moaned that the band had named their fifth studio effort after "two words that you couldn't even google" and apparently it's causing fans headaches. Coldplay aren't the first band to suffer from naming regret. British Sea Power recently confessed that their biggest career mistake was their name – apparently the imperialist connotations destroyed record sales in France. Elsewhere, rock journalist Steven Wells once raved about the band the Muslims based purely on their name. The band weren't quite as ballsy – they reverted to the somewhat-less-gripping the Soft Pack . The band Girls were braver, sticking with their name despite the fact nobody could find them on Google; you were more likely to stumble upon an adult entertainment website but, as the band told me, "at least you can write great headlines like 'Girls gone wild'".

Actually, Martin is wrong to doubt the google-ability of Mylo Xyloto – the made-up title, apparently a vague reference to musical fingers and toes, is perfect for Google as nothing else comes up when you search for it. Although perhaps only a journalist with a stupid Z in his surname would realise that. The group will mark the release of their new album by playing six low-key gigs in six different cities Published: 17 Apr 2014 How did Chris Martin levitate? Where did Ziyi Zhang learn to throw knives like that? Go behind the scenes with Coldplay in this exclusive video by Pete Ohs Published: 16 Apr 2014 How did Chris Martin levitate? Where did Ziyi Zhang learn to throw knives like that?

Go behind the scenes with Coldplay in this exclusive video by Pete Ohs Published: 16 Apr 2014 With Imagine Dragons and London Grammar as support, the band’s return showcases new material from their sixth album, Ghost Stories, alongside Clocks and confetti cannons Published: 12 Mar 2014 Coldplay New Album and Songs 2014: 'Magic' to Be Their Sixth Studio Release : Entertainment : Latin Post Share This Tweet This After a nearly three-year hiatus, alternative rock band Coldplay are gearing up to release their sixth studio album Ghost Stories on May 19, according to Rolling Stone . The British group announced the release of the album with its second track "Magic," which the magazine describes as easygoing and romantic pop. "Midnight," the album's fifth track was released through its music video at the end of February. Between Ghost Stories and their 2011 release of Mylo Xyloto, the band recorded a song for The Hunger Games: Chasing Fire soundtrack entitled "Atlas," which was released last fall.

Advertisement According to "Rolling Stone's" review of the new song "Magic," it is a return to Coldplay's traditional form as lead singer Chris Martin lays down his famous falsetto tones in front of catchy guitar sounds, despite its heavy use of warbling synths and guitar reverb. Coldplay achieved world fame status with their hit song "Yellow" from their 2000 debut album Parachutes. Throughout the years following their success, the band has become activists and advocates for numerous nutritional food and human rights campaigns. Despite advertising their music with Apple Inc.'s iTunes and performing at a special concert following the death of Steve Jobs, the band refuses to let their music be played for consumer sponsorship and has turned down multi-million dollar deals from numerous corporations. Advertisement The band is expected to go on tour following the album's release but the show dates have not been announced yet. Coldplay will perform in Austin, Texas for iTune's festival at South by Southwest on March 11. Coldplay's last tour, the Mylo Xyloto tour, took the group around Europe, North America and Australasia between October 2011 and December 2012.

The May 19 release will feature a nine-track record but the band is also releasing a Target exclusive version that will have three more songs than the regular album. Coldplay 'Mylo Xyloto' Complete Album Lyrics Coldplay 'Mylo Xyloto' Complete Album Lyrics Lyrics » Rihanna » News Coldplay 'Mylo Xyloto' Complete Album Lyrics British rock band Coldplay are gearing up to release their fifth studio album called " Mylo Xyloto " next October 24th, 2011 worldwide - The record is the result of a two-year work that started the minute Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida World Tour' ended in late 2009. The band went into the studio, began writing, recording demos, and in the summer of 2010 it was thought Coldplay's LP5 was completed and that it would be hitting stores by the end of that same year...but that didn't happen. Instead what Coldplay gave us was a Xmas single in the form of "Christmas Lights", a taster of what was to come. Apparently "Mylo Xyloto" still needed a few tweaks.

On June 3rd 2011, Coldplay unveiled online the album's first single " Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall ", and that same day at night the British rock band debuted the song live at their concert in the German city of Nuremberg as part of the 'Rock im Park' festival. At this festival Coldplay also debuted five other brand new tracks. Three months later, in September 2011, Coldplay announced "Mylo Xyloto" was fully ready, and posted on their official website the tracklisting of the album comprising 14 songs. We are now just days away from the official release of "Mylo Xyloto", but the album has inevitably leaked before the 'due date', and well, having heard it in full, I gotta say...it may be MY least favorite Coldplay album thus far (as a whole), but it's got a few good songs nevertheless. "Charlie Brown" is an example! The production and melody is ace, and Chris Martin's execution of it vocally is flawless. Best song on "Mylo Xyloto", hands down!

Other songs I like are "Princess of China" - this features Rihanna and has pop hit written all over it, "Hurts Like Heaven" and "Us Against the World" (these sound SO good in its HQ studio edits!), and the two first singles of course! As for the rest...I'll have to keep listening, and see if they grow on me. Well, "U.F.O" is something very special, but not a song I'd repeat over and over again. Which are your favorite songs? WILL YOU BE BUYING 'Mylo Xyloto'? Coldplay Reveals 'Mylo Xyloto' Album Art, Release Date | Billboard Coldplay Reveals 'Mylo Xyloto' Album Art, Release Date COMMENTS The cover of Coldplay's upcoming album "Mylo Xyloto" Coldplay announced today that the band's fifth studio album, "Mylo Xyloto" (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe), will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 25 by Capitol Records.

Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, with "enoxification" and additional composition by Brian Eno, "Mylo Xyloto" is Coldplay's first release since 2008's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which debuted at No. 1 in Billboard and has sold 2.8 million units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Chris Martin Q&A: 'I Always Feel Like Each Record Is Our Last' Last week in Los Angeles, Billboard heard eight songs recorded for the project, some of which are already familiar to fans from international festival appearances including Glastonbury in the U.K. and Lollapalooza in Chicago. Among those are the relentlessly effervescent first track, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"; the shimmering, syncopated "Charlie Brown"; and "Major Minus," an ominous, thundering beast of a song with rattling guitars, potent (and rare) Buckland solos, and restless, shifting musical patterns.

Coldplay Perform "Charlie Brown" at Lollapalooza Those three songs, along with others like the bold anthem "Paradise" (the first "proper" single from the record, due Sept. 12); the broad, bass-heavy "Up in Flames"; and the textured romance of "Us Against the World" seem destined to appear on the final version of "Mylo Xyloto." Others, including the loungey build-up that is "Moving to Mars," could potentially not make the record, according to Billboard interviews with Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland and front man Chris Martin. Coldplay: The Billboard Cover Story The band's announcement today reveals Mylo Xyloto will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12" x 36" poster. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks. The "reversible" cover art was just revealed at COLDPLAY.COM .

Half of the CDs will be packaged with the full color artwork as the cover while the other 50% will have the CD booklet flipped, showing the silver initials "M X" via a die-cut sheet placed over the color image. Coldplay at Lollapalooza Coldplay manager Dave Holmes tells Billboard that a brief run of arenas in the U.K. and Europe is planned for December of this year, but the band will begin to tour globally in earnest in support of the record beginning next spring. Coldplay's tour in support of Viva la Vida grossed more than $126 million and moved more than 1.7 million tickets to 94 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore. Coldplay Covers Amy Winehouse in Live Tribute As they embark on a new cycle, the band's spirits are high. "We've been together long enough that I know how everyone else is feeling, and it makes me excited when I feel the others are excited," Martin tells Billboard. "Maybe I speak too soon, but they don't seem unexcited. They seem pretty fired up. I think we have a lot to prove to ourselves.

There's no point in not going for it." Speaking about the musical direction of the record, Buckland says, "I suppose the theme would be letting loose musically; louder drums, louder guitars, more contrast. Then we wanted to go down to the most intimate moments, then back to the biggest we've ever been. We wanted to contain as many interesting ideas as we could fit into 42-and-a-half minutes." Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto tops Billboard album chart | Reuters Wed Nov 2, 2011 | 5:43 PM EDT Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" tops Billboard album chart Coldplay's lead vocalist Chris Martin performs on stage during the band's world presentation of their new album ''Mylo Xyloto'' at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring October 26, 2011. Reuters/Susana Vera By Piya Sinha-Roy | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Coldplay debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with "Mylo Xyloto," while pop star Rihanna scored her 11th No. 1 single with "We Found Love" on the Hot 100 chart.

"Mylo Xyloto," the fifth studio album from Coldplay, sold 447,000 copies in the first week of its release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It beat out stiff competition from "American Idol" alumnus Kelly Clarkson, who entered the charts at No. 2 with her fifth album, "Stronger," selling 163,00 copies. This is the third studio album for British rockers Coldplay to debut at No. 1, following their 2005 release "X&Y" and 2008's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends." Coldplay's latest record is the third biggest-selling album to top the charts this year, and the largest single-week sales for a rock record in nearly three years, according to Jim Donio, president of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), a music business association. The band have also broken their own record, previously held by "Viva La Vida," for highest-ever first week album sales on iTunes stores worldwide, amassing over 500,000 copies sold across all 35 iTunes stores, a representative for Capitol Records said.

"Mylo Xyloto" has received mixed reviews, despite its chart-topping success. Rolling Stone's Josh Eells gave the record three-and-a-half stars, saying "the choruses are bigger, the textures grander, the optimism more optimistic," but other critics were less impressed. Alexis Petridis of British newspaper The Guardian, criticized the lack of evolution in Coldplay's music and said that a lot of the album "just sounds like standard-issue Coldplay, replete with echoing guitars, woah-oh choruses and vocals that signify high drama by slipping into falsetto." British singer Adele, who has been dominating the album charts with "21," dropped to No. 4 as Michael Buble's holiday album 'Christmas," released last week ahead of the festive season, debuted at No. 3. Country singer Toby Keith rounded out the top five albums on the Billboard 200, with his 15th studio album, "Clancy's Tavern," also released last week, while singer-songwriter Tom Waits scored his first Top 10 album with "Bad As Me" entering the charts at No. 6.

Completing the Top 10 albums were Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" at No. 7 followed by Lady Antebellum's "Own The Night," Tony Bennett's "Duets II," and Casting Crowns' "Come To The Well," in that order. In the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, Rihanna has become the fastest solo artist to earn 20 hits in the Top 10 in the course of her six year career, as her latest single featuring French DJ David Guetta, "We Found Love," took the No. 1 spot from Adele's "Someone Like You." The previous record for fastest solo artist to reach 20 Top 10 singles in her career was held by Madonna, whom Rihanna beat by 5 months. The single is the 11th No. 1 hit for the Grammy-winning Barbadian singer, who became the fifth female artist to reach 20 Top 10 singles, an achievement shared with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Madonna. Rihanna's sixth studio album, "Talk That Talk," is due for release on Nov 21.

Next week's album chart are likely to feature new entries from Justin Bieber, Miranda Lambert and Florence + The Machine, all of whom have released new albums this week. (Reporting and Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte) ADVERTISEMENT

Question: Released last year, 'Mylo Xloto' is an album by which British band?
Answer: 'COLDPLAY'